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AM I OKAY?
Every time you ask me if I’m okay,
My answer will always be yes.
My eyelids dam the flow of my tears,
The pressure as they well up is something fierce.
But I’m okay.
I paste a smile on my face and I nod,
my anguish is kept at bay by pearly white ivory bars-I dare not let it escape.
I am okay.
I wake from the only peace I’ve ever known and
I walk in the nightmares of what you call sunrise.
My mind goes numb,
chest feels tight,
my neck wrapped in the fists of salvation,
-but the beam can’t hold my weight.
The cool of death sweeps up my arms,
And I see the first signs of peace,
The water around me blooms and darkens with the color of its love,
But then reality knocks.
I am okay.
I tried telling you once what that I wasn’t,
You ignored the torture in my eyes,
The crack in my voice,
The lines on my wrist,
The bruise on my neck,
The empty pill bottle clenched in my fist,
-I’m okay.
At least I will be,
No more meds to tease me with the sense of numbing peace,
No more waking to nightmares,
No more feeling like a prisoner in my own body.
I will be okay.
Don’t worry I woke up on the right side of death this morning.
I am okay
-One_of_Many.
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ReplyThat was beautiful. I needed to read that. Thank you. If you are suffering with something, I'm truly sorry. Don't forget that you matter.
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